[TriLUG] OT: DAS recommendation

[Shawn Hood]

Something along these lines:

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1308240#TS

I think the $3-5k range without drives would be a good place to start.
 Which puts EMC out of the questions.  :)

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you consider "reasonably priced"?
>
> Buying a cheap server and slamming it full of drives might be a viable
> solution.
>
> Otherwise, I've dealt with EMC and Lefthand in the past.
>
> WMM
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Shawn Hood <shawnlhood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> We need to get a storage unit that will be directly attached to our
>> backup server, acting as a DAS/NAS.  We would probably come in around
>> 5TB, and would want the ability to scale to 10-15TB of SATA (150,
>> 300?) or SAS in a RAID5 configuration.  A hotspare would be an added
>> bonus.  Any recommendations for reasonably priced storage?  Been
>> looking at some traditional HP StorageWorks and Promise units.
>>
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